TEAM PRESENTATION SOCRATIVE RUBRIC
TEAM REPORT SOCRATIVE RUBRIC
Writing A Research Question
How to develop a research question? (The Bedford Research Room - Mike Plamquist, CSU)
Coggle - Great tool for designing a research question.
Our first effort @ Writing A Draft Group Research Question
NOTE: These topics are not even ptreliminary research questions yet. But note that research can and will begin without a formal research question in place. The research question will appear and evolve throughout the research process.
Impact of Stress On Children - Preliminary Research Question: What measures should be taken to reduce stress on children to support adolescents in crisis?
Marina: Global political/sociological lens on the impact of war on children, and how their needs are best met. What government programs should be promulgated to reduce stress on children impacted by war?
Hope: Psychological lens, What therapies are most effective in supporting adolescents when parents divorce?
Nicole: Sociological and criminology lens, Why do urban youth turn to violence when their parents divorce?
Evelyn: Artistic lens, Can art play a role in helping American youth cope with depression attributable to stress?
Anam: Economic lens, What local governmental programs should be expanded at the federal level to alleviate the stress that poverty causes on children?
The Future of Uber – Preliminary Research Question: Will Uber continue its market share dominance in the rideshare industry?
Stephanie: Historical lens, Which technological advances were most significant to the develpment of the rideshare industry?
Valeria: Legal lens, What regulatory limits should be placed on Uber to protect the taxi cab industry?
Meghan: Environmental lens, Does ridesharing make significant improvements in urban traffic congestion and/or air quality?
Bria: Economic/financial lenses, What features have made Uber’s business model sustainable and scalable since its 2009 launch?
Richard: Futuristic/sociological lens, Will existing sociological trends continue to support Uber’s growth as the leading rideshare option?
Uber’s Global Expansion in Five Seconds Uber Protests Take New twist: Its Own Drivers Are Mad Now
Governmental Response To The 2008 Financial Crisis - Preliminary Research Question: How effective was the federal government response to the 2008 financial crisis?
Ian: Financial lens, Why did the measures that the Federal government took after the 2008 financial crisis not help small businesses?
Ivan: Global economic lens, "Was the European Union effective at regulating corporate governance?"
Akshay: Economic lens, borrower perspective. Home loan borrowers should be protected from unfair trade practices of the banking industry?
Keerthi: Legal, Economic lens, lender and borrower perspectives. Which regulations are effective at avoiding a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis?
EBSCO HOST: Economic Stimulus Facts
Coffee Vs. Tea - Preliminary Research Question: Which traditional caffinieted beverage, coffee or tea, is best?
Deborah: Physiological/psychological lenses, Which of the two beverages is best at promoting good cardialogical health?
Esther: Economic lens, Which beverage offers the best investment opportunities in the next decade?
Tony: Environmental/historical lens, agricultural and climate perspective, Which beverage, coffee or tea, has the least harmful impact on the environments where it is grown?
Efua: Athletic, Ethical lens, Should caffeine be labeled as a performance enhancing substance?
EBSCO HOST: Lots of Coffee and Tea
Gender Equity in STEM - Preliminary Research Question: What educational and political reforms should be taken to increase female participation in STEM careers?
Diane: Cultural, Historical Lens: What American societal views explain the underrepresentation of women in STEM careers?
Juliana: Psychological, Educational lenses, Primary and Secondary Education Perspectives: What can local school districts do to reduce prejudices that dissuade girls from succeeding in science and math classes?
Katie: Economic lens, To what extent do policies such as comparable worth and pay equity truly affect the U.S. economy without promoting further subjugation of women in non-targeted jobs?
Ruby: Political, Historical lenses, Why has federal legislation not been more successful at increasing female representation in employment?
Sarah: Futuristic, Education lenses, Post Secondary Perspectives: How should colleges reform post secondary education to encourage more females to be employed in STEM careers?
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Coggle Results Link
National Center For Education Research NAEP Data Explorer
Data Courtesy of PEW Research
Basic Overview of Graphic Displays - Please Read
EBSCO Discovery Sevice For Subject Specific Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LOCSH)
LCSH - Link To Alphabetical PDF Files
LCSH - On-line Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Using The LOCSH Headings To Begin The QUEST!!
Learning Relevant Vocabulary & Having Fun With Quizlets
Argument - The Writing Center (UNC)
The Stock Market Game: “Are You a Bull or a Bear?”
Student groups of three to four identify social, political, economic and psychological changes that are likely to influence the price of a specific stock. Each student will read three to five opinions of stock analysts who cover their specific stock and have expressed opinions on its future prospects. Students will then perform additional market research to support their own opinions as to whether to be a “bull” or “bear”. Direct instruction and interactive activities provide insights into the basics of fundamental and technical analyses. These exercises provide an opportunity to review and distinguish point of views, lenses, and perspectives.
Upon synthesizing all relevant perspectives, student groups develop a portfolio of stocks that are submitted in September to a stock competition sponsored by SIFMA, The Stock Market Game. Excel spreadsheets are submitted to document their forecasts of future stock prices under different perceptions of future events. Students predict the stock price implications if future events turn out differently than they expect. These analyses lead to a discussion of “alpha” and “beta” and how they relate to market risk.
Students track the results of these financial decisions over the remainder of the fall semester. Upon conclusion of the game in early December, students write a group reflection on the performance of their stocks with emphasis on identifying and explaining where their forecasts of market perceptions were correct and/or incorrect, and trace the market implications of these judgments. This reflection will also discuss how their personal biases may have influenced their forecasts and decision-making.
AP Seminar Learning Objectives: 1.1A, 1.1B, 1.2A, 1.3A, 1.3B, 1.4A, 2.1A, 3.1A, 3.2A, 4.2A, 4.2B, 4.4A, 4.5A, 5.2B, 5.3B.
CA CTE Business & Finance Sector Standards: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 7.1, 7.4, 7.8, 9.3, 9.5, 9.7, 10.5, 10.9, 10.11.
YAHOO! Data Mining With Permission
Video Showing How To Download Historical Stock Price Data
Stock Market Game Materials
Stock Market Game Log In Window
Select Sector SPDR Website: Select Sector SPDRs are exchange traded funds (ETFs) that divide the S&P 500 into nine sector index funds. Together, the nine Select Sector SPDRs represent the S&P 500 as a whole. Each Select Sector SPDR can be bought individually, providing investors with undiluted exposure to a particular sector or industry group. Their web site allows students to research the stock market as a whole, by sector or by individual company.
FYI: Each Select Sector Index is calculated using a modified "market capitalization" methodology. This formula ensures that each of the component stocks within a Select Sector Index is represented in a proportion consistent with its percentage of the total market cap of that particular index.
Fareed Zakaria: Our Weekly Argument Assignment
ASSIGNMENT DUE Monday August 31,2015
Step I: Watch the opening argument of Fareed Zakaria Global Public Square 7:00am & 10:00am
Step II: Go To The Article Archive & Print Out The Article That Matches His Opening Remarks
What America can learn from Singapore about racial integration Here’s a pdf you can use but you’ll need to add the following sentence to the bottom of page one. These get garbbled in the conversion to a pdf.
Page Two: "In St. Louis, that share of the white population is 54.4 percent. (Both figures come from an April article in the Atlantic.) This residential segregation has translated into unequal access to security, basic health care and, crucially, education.”
Step III: Read The Article At An Analytical Level & Annotate It Using The Symbols Provided
Step IV: Cut & Paste Every Sentence of the Argument Into The Template Provided
Step V: First thing Monday, you will turn in your printed template with your annotated article.
MMV emailed me a nice contribution that I’m sharing by forwarding her email to the group GBF Capstone email (same one we used for the summer assignment). If you would like it but are not on the group email yet, send me an email and I’ll forward her contribution and add you to the group. THESE ARE THE KIND OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT REFLECT “A” CAPSTONE PARTICIPATION. SHE CLEARLY GETS IT. WHEN WE ARE ROLLING, YOU SHOULD BE LEARNING AS MUCH FROM EACH OTHER AS YOU ARE LEARNING FROM ME.
"I just looked at the excel file that you put on the website and we can open it as a .xlsx file on google drive and edit it but we must make sure to manually save the file into google drive because edits are not saved… Meghan M. Valdivia"
Fareed Zakaria Global Public Square (GPS)
Fareed Zakaria Article Archive
What America can learn from Singapore about racial integration (June 25, 2015 - Washington Post)
From Russia to Iran, the consequences of the global oil bust (August 23, 2015 - The Atlantic)
Why the United States can be optimistic about the Middle East (August 9, 2015 - The Atlantic)
Decomposition Example Excel File
Univariate & Bivariate Data Analysis
(DDD = Distribution of Data Description)
Deep Reading
Adler's Four Reading Strategies (As presented by artofmanliness.com)
Adler On Why So Long To Read A Book
Adler On How To Speak And Listen
Adler On Picking A Book Above Your Head
Taking Notes
Mr. Smith’s Official Card Organization
DRAFT NOTE & BIBLIOGRAPHY CARD STANDARDS
Good Hand-out For Layout of Bibliography Cards
(Good To Cover Wide Variety Of Sources - But Ignore Note Taking Guidance)
Video Showing Research Note Card Preparation
Sample Performance Task #2 - Games & Their Potential To Innovate Pedagogy
Fallacies
Thou Shallt Not Commit Logical Fallacies (yourlogicalfallacyis.com)
Paraphrasing Lesson Materials
Learn Paraphrase Writing - Basic presentation of six strategies commonly employed in paraphrasing text. Courtesy of eslwriting.org
That’s Plagiarism?: Teaching Paraphrase Skills to Pre-university Students - Strategies for teaching paraphrasing. Courtesy busyteacher.org
How to Avoid Plagiarism: Paraphrasing and Summarizing - Short interactive lesson that provides feedback on students’ assessment of whether a paraphrase is acceptable or would be plagiarism. May have issues on school’s servers. Courtesy busyteacher.org
Stop, Thief! Avoiding Plagiarism by Paraphrasing - Video connects plagiarism and the need to learn how to paraphrase. Emphasizes two steps of paraphrasing - summarizing the main idea of a source, and using a 1/3 to 2/3 rule. Courtesy Emily Nimsakont
Peer Editing Lesson Materials
Maggie Light of Otis College Explains The Peer Writing Review Process
MIT Tech TV: No One Writes Alone
Powerpoint: Being An Effective Communicator
Powerpoint Advice: Funny Video On What Not To Do
Making An Argument
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Thou Shalt Not Commit Fallacies